Franco Columbu
An Italian born former bodybuilder, actor and author. Despite his short statue at 5 ft 5 (165cm) he won Mr. Olympia bodybuilding in 1976 and 1981. During a competition in Munich in 1965, he met Arnold Schwarzenegger and the two of them got very close. After Arnolds relocation to USA, he brought Franco over not long after because he missed his best friend. It was a friendship that would last for 54 years til Franco'a death. Franco Columbo's would participate in several minor roles in movies after his US entry, acting along side Schwarzenegger in a few of his motion pictures. Although he held a US residence and lived there since the 1970's, Columbu would often travel back home to Sardinia on vacation, and it was there he ultimately passed away at the age of 78.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8948 |
| Birthday | 1941-08-07 |
| Place of Birth | Ollolai, Nuoro, Italia |
| Also Known As | Francesco Columbu, |
1984
The Terminator
7.691/15091
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Con...
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The Terminator
1980
The Comeback
7/2
After an absence of five years, six times Mr Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a comeback and attempts to take the World Body Building Champi...
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The Comeback
1977
Pumping Iron
7.154/550
Amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests as five-time champion Arnold Schwarzenegger defends h...
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Pumping Iron
1980
The Hustler of Muscle Beach
5.75/4
A slick promoter in the bodybuilding subculture of Venice Beach, California, finds what he considers a diamond in the rough: a dedicated but somewhat...
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The Hustler of Muscle Beach
1976
Stay Hungry
5.7/91
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after...
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Stay Hungry
2003
Ancient Warriors
5.125/8
Special Forces Captain Aldo Paccione must pull together his former world team Delta Force and go deep within the mines of Sardinia when it is discover...
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Ancient Warriors
1994
Beretta's Island
3.5/26
Franco Armando - code name Beretta - is forced out of retirement to avenge the cold-blooded murder of a cop. The killer's trail leads to Franco's home...
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Beretta's Island
1982
Conan the Barbarian
6.803/2916
A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of...
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Conan the Barbarian
1991
Perduta
5/2
The tragic story of a runaway girl in the 1970s in Verona.
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Perduta
1993
Desperate Crimes
4.333/6
In the large industrial port of an Italian city - sailors, women, black market traffickers, sleazy nightclubs, and dingy narrow alleys make up a world...
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Desperate Crimes
1988
Big Top Pee-wee
4.984/155
Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front ya...
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Big Top Pee-wee
1984
Getting Physical
4.333/3
The world of female bodybuilding provides the backdrop for this tale of an aspiring young actress who initially becomes interested in the sport as a m...
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Getting Physical
1994
Taken Alive
8/2
A beautiful secret agent recruits a local sculptor to aid her in rescuing a presidential candidate's kidnapped mistress.
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Taken Alive
2011
Dreamland: The Land of Dreams
2.429/7
Giacomo, a boy from Puglia, leaves immediately after the war for the United States of America, where, after a few years, he will be known by the name...
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Dreamland: The Land of Dreams
2014
Rocky IV: The American Punch
6.4/7
Rocky IV is dually symbolic - it embodies both the victory of the American boxer over the Soviet one and the victory of neo-liberalism over a dwindlin...
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Rocky IV: The American Punch
1997
Doublecross on Costa's Island
4.571/7
Six years after stopping a multi-national arms deal that would have wiped out Los Angeles, Agent Enrico Costa (Franco Columbu) is tracked down at his...
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Doublecross on Costa's Island
1986
Rickles... On the Loose
7/1
Special featuring Don Rickles in his live comedy act at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, mixed with footage of Rickles "on the loose" across the state o...
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Rickles... On the Loose
2015
One More Round
1/3
As his marriage, finances, and life fall apart, a washed-up Christian boxer steps back into the ring one last time to fight for his family and future.
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One More Round
2002
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
7.13/23
A documentary on the making of "Pumping Iron" to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Aired on Cinemax.
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Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
1987
The Running Man
6.541/2968
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pac...
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The Running Man
1988
Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild
4.7/3
After an absence of five years, six times Mr. Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a comeback and attempts to take the World Body Building Champ...
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Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild
1984
The Road To Olympia
0/0
A truly iconic video based on the Mr. Olympia contest from 1984. Every single one of the competitors was a star in their own right. ‘Road to Olympia’...
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The Road To Olympia
1962
Herakles
5.967/30
Basically, 'Herakles' is an omnium-gatherum of film clips depicting images of machismo. Some of those images are explicitly macho: we see various body...
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Herakles
1987
Predator
7.579/9487
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
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Predator
2018
How To Become Rambo... Part One
0/0
Sylvester Stallone's body building coach shows how it's done
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How To Become Rambo... Part One
1987
Last Man Standing
5/7
Roo Marcus has just spent 8 years in a mental institution, and takes up bare-knuckle boxing and gets a job fighting in a gym run by Napoleon. Roo is o...
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